Family Costumes: Flower Bouquet

Martha Stewart Living Newsletter

Introduction

Make a sunny bundle of daisies, tulips, and sunflowers. These friends wear felt-petal collars and "pollen" headdresses topped with stickers. Velour dresses and bright tights bring it all together without a single stitch.

materials

Headband

28-gauge floral wire

Dot stickers

Floral tape

Iron

Felt

Fusible web

1-inch wide double-fold bias tape

Fabric glue

steps

To make the headband, cut 28-gauge floral wire into eight 4- to 5-inch pieces; top each with two dot stickers. Wrap a headband in floral tape a third of the way up one side; add a wire piece, and secure by wrapping its end. Repeat, evenly spacing wires.